I agree 100% with Tony. Your first track event should be with your car in stock trim, no mods. I started (way back) with a standard VW Golf 1.8T, with stock 15" wheels (yes, 195/65/R15 tires) and then started to add suspension mods, bigger wheels with better rubber, a chip and better brake pads. Over a few events I was quicker than many others with more potent cars.

And people, stop it with your noisy exhausts...There is a douche in my neighborhood with a white E92 M3 who just disturbs everyone.

If you really want a racecar do like jgalaxy.

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Originally Posted by Tonybest

Because what vanosracing said... Get yourself better before adding hp.

Modded or stock, its the same thing...if you already start with better tires, brakes, etc, i think you'll be safer than starting stock. Im not gonna go back to stock just to "start trim".
The power is there but you can control it and not use it untill you are better.

on a different note.... just changed the battery on the green frog today.... i tested the battery myself and it looks like its not holding a charge as well as it should anymore. didnt want to wait until the battery went completely flat so i changed it pre-emptively.

battery swap was very simple to do. took me 20 mins from start to finish and i was taking my own sweet time. plus the walmart battery has a 3 year warranty versus 1 year warranty on the porsche battery. and walmart battery has higher cold cranking amps than the stock battery as well. also has higher amp-hour rating (battery capacity).

cant believe how much of a rip off these stealerships are. anyone who needs to get a battery change should just pay me $20 to do it... thats how easy it is. one thing you need is to have a battery maintainer handy so you can make sure the car doesnt lose all its memory and go crazy when you disconnect the stock battery from the car.

Modded or stock, its the same thing...if you already start with better tires, brakes, etc, i think you'll be safer than starting stock. Im not gonna go back to stock just to "start trim".
The power is there but you can control it and not use it untill you are better.

That is where you are wrong. Better tires, better brakes make you go faster. And faster is dangerous without proper training.

You would be safer in a stock Toyota Echo... speeds would never be as high as with your M3.

on a different note.... just changed the battery on the green frog today.... i tested the battery myself and it looks like its not holding a charge as well as it should anymore. didnt want to wait until the battery went completely flat so i changed it pre-emptively.

battery swap was very simple to do. took me 20 mins from start to finish and i was taking my own sweet time. plus the walmart battery has a 3 year warranty versus 1 year warranty on the porsche battery. and walmart battery has higher cold cranking amps than the stock battery as well. also has higher amp-hour rating (battery capacity).

cant believe how much of a rip off these stealerships are. anyone who needs to get a battery change should just pay me $20 to do it... thats how easy it is. one thing you need is to have a battery maintainer handy so you can make sure the car doesnt lose all its memory and go crazy when you disconnect the stock battery from the car.

Nice!! I totally agree with you, its so easy to install, i did it on my 328 last year but i got the battery from the dealership lolll....they wanted to so much to install it.

one question, since you are going to store the car, why didnt you wait until next spring? or it doesnt really matter?

That is where you are wrong. Better tires, better brakes make you go faster. And faster is dangerous without proper training.

You would be safer in a stock Toyota Echo... speeds would never be as high as with your M3.

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Not really! You can control the speed and better brakes makes you stop faster!!! You can go as slow as you want...oh and Goodluck on that toyota echo saving your life after a crash loll

You guys are funny, you trying to talk a mod junky out of his fix, LOL! Won't work, you can scream as loud as you want but the deaf will still not hear ya!

We care for you Fahad, so the suggestions of not modding for more powe were only for your safety.

Although this Catless x-pipe won't give you enough additional power to get you any more in trouble, it's not logical to get it because you surely will not pass sound limit at some tracks, this you can be sure of, this is not speculation. You can disagree all you want, doesn't mean you're right ha ha!

okay so we dont know if he would pass or not since he hasnt tracked since he installed that set up lol

i dont know how close to the limit i am at tremblant because i never got the actual readings from the sound testing guy... at calabogie, they test your mufflers before you even go on track so i know that i am about 1 dB away from the sound limit. at tremblant, they only tell you when you are over because they test as you drive around the track and not before you go on the track like calabogie.

the best way around this issue would be to not touch the exhaust for now and go to tremblant early next season and ask the sound guy for your sound levels. this way you'll know how far or close you are to the limit at that track. i think calabogie's testing is slightly stricter than tremblant so you MIGHT be able to get away with that x-pipe over there but i think you should wait.

Nice!! I totally agree with you, its so easy to install, i did it on my 328 last year but i got the battery from the dealership lolll....they wanted to so much to install it.

one question, since you are going to store the car, why didnt you wait until next spring? or it doesnt really matter?

it doesnt really matter i guess... i could have done the battery swap next spring but i have time now so i figured i'd do it while i am free. also i do use a battery maintainer while its stored so i dont think its a big deal if i did it now or wait until later.

Curious, how did you register (code) the battery? Do you have the software and tools?

To be honest, I didn't code anything....I read that some people say you don't need to do it and some say you do, one of the service advisors was confused when I told him about registering/coding the battery so I didn't.

I also do not understand the need to code for a battery. I find it quite ridiculous, as if they are inventing ways to make us become completely dependent on the dealership, LOL! The lack of an oil gauge is one blatant attempt at making us become completely useless.

Why in this day and age it's more expensive to change something as basic as a battery is beyond me, we need to revolt and claim back our intelligence

You guys are funny, you trying to talk a mod junky out of his fix, LOL! Won't work, you can scream as loud as you want but the deaf will still not hear ya!

We care for you Fahad, so the suggestions of not modding for more powe were only for your safety.

Although this Catless x-pipe won't give you enough additional power to get you any more in trouble, it's not logical to get it because you surely will not pass sound limit at some tracks, this you can be sure of, this is not speculation. You can disagree all you want, doesn't mean you're right ha ha!

i dont know how close to the limit i am at tremblant because i never got the actual readings from the sound testing guy... at calabogie, they test your mufflers before you even go on track so i know that i am about 1 dB away from the sound limit. at tremblant, they only tell you when you are over because they test as you drive around the track and not before you go on the track like calabogie.

the best way around this issue would be to not touch the exhaust for now and go to tremblant early next season and ask the sound guy for your sound levels. this way you'll know how far or close you are to the limit at that track. i think calabogie's testing is slightly stricter than tremblant so you MIGHT be able to get away with that x-pipe over there but i think you should wait.

Yea that's a good idea, l'll just wait until I go to tremblant, have no problem waiting loll

it doesnt really matter i guess... i could have done the battery swap next spring but i have time now so i figured i'd do it while i am free. also i do use a battery maintainer while its stored so i dont think its a big deal if i did it now or wait until later.

I also do not understand the need to code for a battery. I find it quite ridiculous, as if they are inventing ways to make us become completely dependent on the dealership, LOL! The lack of an oil gauge is one blatant attempt at making us become completely useless.

Why in this day and age it's more expensive to change something as basic as a battery is beyond me, we need to revolt and claim back our intelligence

Yea exactly!! They probably don't do anything and charge you for it....dealerships are such a rip off, they try to get every dollar from you lol.
Changing the battery is even easier than an oil change, just need to unplug wires, take the old battery out, put the new one then connect the wires.
What's sad is a lot of people get it done at the dealership thinking they are getting a special service haha

It's one thing to screw the unsuspected, but another to think everybody is clueless about cars and don't mind getting robbed in broad daylight. Having said this, the only way we can reverse the trend is to voice our discontent to the manufacturers and in car surveys!